Found 4 items, similar to limit.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: limit
membatasi
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: limit
aras, batas, membatasi, membataskan, memperbataskan, mengandakkan, perbatasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: limit
limit
n 1: the greatest possible degree of something;
“what he did was
beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”;
“to the limit
of his ability” [syn:
bounds,
boundary]
2: final or latest limiting point [syn:
terminus ad quem,
terminal point
]
3: the boundary of a specific area [syn:
demarcation,
demarcation line
]
4: as far as something can go
5: the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the
independent variable approaches infinity [syn:
limit point
,
point of accumulation]
6: the greatest amount of something that is possible or
allowed;
“there are limits on the amount you can bet”;
“it
is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight” [syn:
limitation]
limit
v 1: place limits on (extent or access);
“restrict the use of
this parking lot”;
“limit the time you can spend with
your friends” [syn:
restrict,
restrain,
trammel,
bound,
confine,
throttle]
2: restrict or confine,
“I limit you to two visits to the pub a
day” [syn:
circumscribe,
confine]
3: decide upon or fix definitely;
“fix the variables”;
“specify
the parameters” [syn:
specify,
set,
determine,
fix]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Limit
Limit
\Lim"it\, v. i.
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited
region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]
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Limit
\Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), n. [From L. limes, limitis: cf.
F. limite; -or from E. limit, v. See
Limit, v. t.]
1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or
confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent;
as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the
limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
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As eager of the chase, the maid
Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. --Pope.
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2. The space or thing defined by limits.
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The archdeacon hath divided it
Into three limits very equally. --Shak.
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3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
itself; the full time or extent.
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The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.
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The limit of your lives is out. --Shak.
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4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
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I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. --Shak.
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5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing
characteristic; a differentia.
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6. (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one
continually approaches, and may differ from it by less
than any given difference, but to which, under the law of
variation, the variable can never become exactly
equivalent.
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Elastic limit. See under
Elastic.
Prison limits, a definite, extent of space in or around a
prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and
come.
Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound;
confine.
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Limit
\Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Limited; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Limiting.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
a word.
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Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
the moon, in a given case, can occur.
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